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Fanon Hier, Aujourd’hui
Synopsis Who was Frantz Fanon and what is his present legacy? Psychiatrist, decolonization activist, author of the book Les damnés de la terre, Fanon died in December 1961, but his thoughts still irrigate many battlegrounds across the world. How is the thinker and man...
En route pour le Milliard
Synopsis For twenty years, the victims of the Six Day War in Kisangani, DRC, have been fighting for recognition of the conflict, condemnation of the belligerents and financial compensations. Appalled by the indifference of their rulers, they decide to embark on a...
Dans la maison / A way home
Synopsis After years of separation, the filmmaker renews her relationship with her mother, Aïcha, now suffering from Alzheimer's. From Brussels to Tangiers, the odyssey of a family marked by exile is evoked through discretion and confession, pain, separation, grief,...
Mami Wata
Dans le village d'Iyi, les villageois vénèrent la divinité sirène MAMI WATA et se tournent vers leur guérisseuse MAMA EFE, l'intermédiaire entre eux et Mami Wata, ainsi que la fille de Mama Efe, ZINWE, et sa protégée, PRISCA. Lorsque les enfants commencent à mourir et...
Shimoni
Geoffrey, 35, an introverted English teacher has just been released from prison after 7 years for killing his pregnant girlfriend. He has to restart his life in Shimoni, a sleepy village in rural Kenya, a place he loathes. There he stays with a rigid local Catholic...
Patience Esiawonam Adisenu
My name is Patience Esiawonam Adisenu. I have a BFA in Television Production (Documentary) from the National Film and Television Institute, Ghana. I am a Content Producer, Writer and Social Activist. I am drawn to the uniqueness of stories especially from Africa and...
Zalissa
Synopsis Zalissa, 11-year-old girl in 5th year of primary school, sells peanuts in the evening in the neighbourhood to help her family living in precarious conditions. Her life is turned upside down when she starts dreaming of another life, to be someone other than...
Zinder
Synopsis Indolent young people, most of whom are unsuccessful candidates for exile, are adding up to the ranks of gangs that spread violence in Zinder, Niger. Sinia Boy, Bawo and Ramsess are the characters who take me into this universe at the heart of trafficking. I...
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FESPACO 2021: 27th edition postponed
The General Delegate of FESPACO informs the professionals of African cinema and audiovisual and the Diaspora, the partners of the Festival and media professionals, researchers in cinema and audiovisual,
FESPACO 21 Extension of registration date
The General Delegation of FESPACO informs African and Diaspora cinema and audiovisual professionals that the 27th edition of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO),
FESPACO presents its selection committee
Delegate General of FESPACO Alex Moussa SAWADOGO has identified the selection committee members who will be responsible for defining FESPACO 2021 programme.
THE MERCY OF THE JUNGLE by Joel KAREKEZI, Rwanda, wins the 2019 Etalon d’or de Yennenga
The Mercy of Jungle » by Joel Karekezi, Rwanda, won the Etalon d’or de Yennenga at the 26th Edition of the Pan-African Film & TV Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO).
Etalon d’or de Yennenga 2017 : « Félicité » by Alain Gomis
Clearly, FESPACO works well for Senegalese filmmaker Alain Gomis. After winning the 2013 Etalon d’or de Yennenga with “Tey”, he stood again on the top step of the podium at this 25th Edition with his recent work ‘’Félicité’’.